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Jeff Green, born on 28 August 1986 in Cheverly, Maryland, is an American basketball player who plays small forward in the National Basketball Association. He studied at Georgetown University and was drafted by the Boston Celtics in 2007. Green has played for the Boston Celtics, the Seattle SuperSonics, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Memphis Grizzlies, and the Houston Rockets, wearing number 34, and speaks English.
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Key facts
- 2016
- Los Angeles Clippers
- 2019
- Utah Jazz
- 2020
- Houston Rockets
- Position
- Power forward
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1986-08-28 ) August 28, 1986 (age 39) , Hyattsville, Maryland , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
- Listed weight
- 235 lb (107 kg)
- High school
- Northwestern ( Hyattsville, Maryland )
- College
- Georgetown (2004–2007)
- Nba draft
- 2007 : 1st round, 5th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Boston Celtics
- Playing career
- 2007–present
- 2007 2011
- Seattle SuperSonics / Oklahoma City Thunder
- 2011 2012 2015
- Boston Celtics
- 2015 2016
- Memphis Grizzlies
- 2016 2017
- Orlando Magic
- 2017 2018
- Cleveland Cavaliers
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Basketball
- Team
- Houston Rockets
- Position
- Small Forward
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Green
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cheverly
- Occupation
- basketball player
- Educated at
- Georgetown University
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- basketball
- Position played
- small forward
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 103
- Image
- Jeff Green.jpg
- Height
- 206
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- Commons category
- Jeff Green (basketball player)
- date of birth
- 1986-08-28
- drafted by
- Boston Celtics
- sport number
- 34
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- social media followers
- 152022
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Encyclopedic overview
Jeffrey Lynn Green (born August 28, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As of 2025–26, he has played for 11 NBA teams in 18 seasons.
A forward, Green played three seasons of college basketball for the Georgetown Hoyas. After entering the 2007 NBA draft, he was selected with the fifth overall pick by the Boston Celtics, but was traded to the Seattle SuperSonics. In 2008, following his rookie season, Green was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. He underwent successful open-heart surgery in 2012 and continued his playing career. Green won his first NBA championship as a member of the Denver Nuggets in 2023.
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